This is 'A Memory of Williamsburg' by Barbara Jackson for Tristan Brooks. It is a shop exclusive for Haus Triol in Williamsburg and came as a kit. What does a pineapple have to do with Christmas? In Colonial Williamsburg at Christmas, the houses are decorated with fresh greenery and fruit in wreaths and over the doors. When I went to college in Williamsburg, and we used to walk into the historic area to look at the decorations.
It is charted for mosaic stitch, but I think cross stitch would have worked just as well. I did the outside green in cross stitch because I found it hard to keep the count right using mosaic stitch.
I don't anticipate stitching it again, so if anyone would like the chart, just let me know. If more than one person would like it, I'll draw names.
The way I finished this ornament, it can be used as a scissors fob, which is how my partner said she would be using it.
5 comments:
Your ornament is gorgeous! I'll bet your partner was thrilled with it.
what a pretty ornament! Love the pineapple - the historian in me enjoys that kind of throw-back. It was huge in colonial times as a symbol of welcomeness. I'm not familiar with mosaic stich.
Laura, very pretty...great finish!
That is a lovely ornament!
How pretty!
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